ID
2739
Nationality
American
Occupation
Professional baseball player
Sports
Summary
Born deaf at Oskaloosa, KS; graduated the Kansas School for the deaf, 1895. Pitcher for the New York Giants for 9 seasons; 113-109 career mark, best season mark 22-15 (1904). Boys' supervisor and athletic coach at the Kansas School 1914-1923 and at the Iowa School for the Deaf 1923-1932; retired to Jacksonville, IL; died of a heart attack.
References
Great Deaf Americans, The Second Edition, p.106-112; Interesting Deaf Americans, p.73-75; Beating the Breaks, p.117-118, 121; Silent Worker, Sept. 1952, p.25-27; Sept. 1958, p.25; The Legacy of Iowa School for the Deaf, p.206.
Dates
21 February 1876-22 August 1958